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  • noun Form of address for an unmarried woman.
  • noun Form of address for a teacher or a waitress.

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Examples

  • She will be extremely sorry to miss seeing you, Miss

    Emma 2004

  • But what an embarrassing personage Miss Berners would have been transferred from the dingle to the drawing-room; nay, how impossible it is to think of that athletic young goddess as _Miss_ Berners!

    The Bibliotaph and Other People Leon H. Vincent

  • Miss NESVILLE, the foreign representative of _Miss Decima_ at the

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 15, 1891 Various

  • "So I will, Miss Pimpernell," said I, carried away by her energy and enthusiasm; "I will go to the school treat -- that is, if you will only kindly see _Miss Clyde_ for me" -- I was rather diffident of letting Miss

    She and I, Volume 1

  • _Miss P. _ (_after a swift scrutiny of Miss T. 's features_).

    Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, Jan. 2, 1892 Various

  • _Miss T. _ I'd like ever so much to know why it is you're so anxious to see that Miss PRENDERGAST and me friendly again?

    Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 23, 1892 Various

  • When he had stayed away from her for five days, hourly taking pride in his resoluteness and hourly picturing how greatly Tanis must miss him, Miss

    Babbitt Sinclair Lewis 1918

  • "How much we miss Gifford on such an occasion!" said Mr. Dale to Miss

    John Ward, Preacher Margaret Wade Campbell Deland 1901

  • Women never miss a chance to get a couple of dozen dresses through, as you'll discover if you become a real American, Miss

    The Hollow of Her Hand George Barr McCutcheon 1897

  • Mrs., and Miss, much to their own amusement, "_Miss_ Timothy Saunders" being considered a huge joke.

    People of the Whirlpool Mabel Osgood Wright 1896

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